Canon EOS 5D Digital Field Guide

[WesternGuy]

Not sure if this is the place to post this :blush2: , but Wiley has recently published Canon EOS 5D Digital Field Guide by Charlotte K. Lowrie. It is like a super user manual (283 pages) covering the camera itself in tremendous, easy to understand detail, lens choices and the use of Speedlites with it. It gives a significant number of tips and ideas on shooting everything from events and landscapes to weddings and portraits. It also covers the Canon software and firmware and has an appendix covering the CMOS sensor and image processor, and the camera specifications. Finally, it has a glossary of digital photography terms. For anyone who has recently purchased this camera or will purchase it in the not too distant future, I heartily recommend this publication :thumbsup: . You can find further information at:

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EOS-Digi...2629156&sr=1-1

Cheers,

WesternGuy

[JTcooper]

Hey westernguy, how much this Lowrie guy pay you for this add

[Photo-John]

Hey westernguy, how much this Lowrie guy pay you for this add

Now now. Be nice

[WesternGuy]

She didn't pay me anything. I just thought it was such a good book that I had to share its new existence with those out there who may have 5D and/or recently acquired one and were looking for a manual that is better than the one that comes in the box with camera. After all, isn't this forum, and others, about sharing with others as they have often shared with me?

Cheers,

WesternGuy

[Jimmy B]

I have one of lowrie's books on the rebel XT. She is a fellow Pacific Northwesterner and knowing where she did some of the shooting for the book has given me a chance to go and capture what I can from the same place. One of those places is less than 5 minutes from work.
I would recommend her Books.
John is there a section for book reviews?
Jimmy B

[JTcooper]

ok, I'm not trying to be mean or anything. But, like the auto machenic the more tool he or she got, the bettter experience he got. Don' t you thinks, what I'm trying to say is the more you shoot the better you get. It all depend on what you are shooting situation is.

[JTcooper]

I like to add one more comment, all the information can be found in this forum if you just ask. Nicely, I guess.

[gryphonslair99]

I'm betting that Charlotte K. Lowrie could explain how to attach a lens hood properly, if you ask nicely of course.

The OP found a book that they happened to like and find useful. Others may find it useful as well. Nothing wrong with the OP pointing out something for others to look at and consider, be it a new lens, accessory or book. I can't count the number of times that I or others have suggested the book Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson to some newbie. I neither know Bryan Peterson nor do I work for the publisher. What makes this any different? A resource is a resource. Someone may find it useful.

[JTcooper]

hey gryphon, I have to admite that the lens hood was the problems. I guess that was the first time happen to me while shooting wedding. And may I say this so you can clearly don't take it so personal, you have to understood one things that shooting wedding is a fast event and you sometime don't have the time to check that lens hoods. I shoot with two camera all the time and this is not the topic you and I wanted to dicussed. And why don't you ( Gryphon ) start a new thread if you feel like it.

[gryphonslair99]

There is really no reason for a new thread. My point was, even though you may not see a value in the Field Guide series, I don't see a value in them for me, they may have a value for someone out there. I have looked at them and thought that they could be useful for someone that is new to photography and does not understand some of the basic functions of their camera. They do tend to explain some of the functions, especially custom functions, better than Canon does in their manual. I never discount a resource unless the resource is just plain giving out wrong information. I just may not have a use for the resource but someone else might.

Besides I respect the noobie or any photographer for that matter that is willing to try and found out an answer to a question before jumping on a forum with something like, How do I change the aperture setting on my 30D? Yes this was a real question in another forum and no they had not bothered to read the manual that came with their camera. They just jumped on line and asked.

And yes before I could get to the thread several other people had answered already with RTFM and one had provided a link to the online manual from Canon with the admonishment that if they had computer access to a forum they had access to the Canon site and the manual. The same noob has asked another question since then, but it was one that showed they had done some research and was needing some clarification on things they did not quite understand, this time they were not looking for someone to hold their hand and spoon feed them.


FYI if you happen to get a 16-35 for that 5D you ordered, be careful, I have done the same thing with the lens hood on mine when I brushed it against my side as you did with the 10-22. Caught and twisted just a touch. I never noticed it in the LCD. Noticed it in the photos though.:blush2:

[JTcooper]

matter of fact I don't own a 16-35, but I'm very happy with the result of the 17-40. And I will have to order that book and read it myself. just because you guy like it so much. Last week wedding I notice the 17-40 have some distortion in the wide end, I'm sure it will with the 16-35 just a thought.:thumbsup: